2013
July 5, 2013
Desertec Project to close down I have always been a big critic of the Desertec project which envisaged building huge solar thermal plants in North Africa […]
July 4, 2013
Solar & Wind Energy to rise to 8% by 2018 Solar and Wind energy should double their share of the global electricity generation to 8% by […]
July 4, 2013
REC in India The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme is the major policy initiative taken by the central government to use a market based mechanism, to promote green […]
July 3, 2013
UP to join the Solar bandwagon All major Indian states have launched independent solar power programs using a reverse auction bidding mechanism which has been pioneered […]
July 3, 2013
Solarcity collaboration with Tesla Motors Solarcity (SCTY) which has seen its stock price rocket up in recent times is exploring the option to sell energy storage […]
July 2, 2013
The US government has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese made solar panels but that has not stopped the major Chinese Tier 1 solar panel producers from […]
July 2, 2013
The State of Indian Solar Industry This headline may seem a bit dramatic but that is the current reality being faced by the Indian industry today. […]
July 1, 2013
What is a Solar powered Water Pump As the title suggests the solar powered water pumps, use solar energy to run. These solar powered water pumps […]
July 1, 2013
Mineirao Stadium in Brazil studded with PV rooftop Installations The Mineirao Stadium in Brazil has installed 1.4 MW rooftop solar power. This stadium is all set to […]
June 29, 2013
LG Air Conditioners Founded in 1958, LG is known for bringing advanced digital products and applied technologies to its customers. LG Electronics is on its way […]
June 28, 2013
New Solar Panel Plants in US Small US solar panel maker Silevo Inc. plans to build a solar panel making factory in the US as it looks […]
June 28, 2013
Solar News 1)Pure play monocrystalline wafer producer Comtec solar (listed in HK) plans to build a massive 1 Gigatwatt N-type mono wafer plant in Malaysia ( […]
June 27, 2013
President Obama failed to push climate change legislation in his first term, though there were a lot of expectations that some sort of carbon tax or […]
June 27, 2013
Rising Electricity tariffs in India Electricity tariffs in India are increasing rapidly, where both the quality and quantity of power is quite bad. We had talked […]
June 26, 2013
Indian power developers seem a dumb lot with little risk management. They blundered big time in 2008 when they bid low for massive thermal power plants […]
June 26, 2013
Real Estate crash in India Estate prices have kept moving upwards relentlessly even as other asset classes have languished. Corporate mis-governance and corruption has driven investors […]
June 25, 2013
German Solar Panel Industry on its deathbed, despite the EU sanctions on Chinese Solar Panel Imports
German Solar Industry did not benefit from EU’s anti-dumping imposition The German solar panel manufacturing industry is on its deathbed and nothing will revive it. The […]
June 25, 2013
Solar Project delays in India leads to disappointment India which is cited as one of the best markets in the world for solar energy is expected […]
June 24, 2013
OCI & Hanwha to remain the serious Contenders Major Korean conglomerates such as Samung, Hyundai and Hanwha had made massive investments in renewable energy spurred on […]
June 24, 2013
Enphase Energy has announced a solar program to aid the commercial solar projects in Europe recently. Micro-inverters are generally used in residential solar installations and Enphase Energy […]
June 22, 2013
India’s Central Government has mostly mismanaged the central program for promoting solar energy in India. Despite a massive crash in solar component prices, demand in India […]
June 21, 2013
Alion Energy, the California based company wants to reduce solar energy costs. Alion Energy was founded in 2008 and is an EPC and O&M solutions provider. Alion […]
June 21, 2013
The Indian states have been building large amount of solar capacity through the reverse auction process of giving out solar power farms to developers. The prices […]
June 20, 2013
Siemens to close its last solar shop – Solel Energy Siemens is now getting out of the solar business, with its decision to shut down Solel […]
June 20, 2013
Cheap money and over-investment has led to a catastrophic overcapacity in the solar panel industry leading to solar panel prices falling by more than 80% in […]
June 19, 2013
Solar News 1) TSMC and Solar Frontier release high efficiency CIGs solar thin film modules with efficiency around 15% 2) GTM sees module costs at just 36c/watt by […]
June 19, 2013
Net Metering Distributed solar energy is growing at an exponential rate with 80,000 homes in the US installing solar panels last year, raising the total to […]
June 18, 2013
I recently wrote about the rising solar panel defects noticed in the solar industry. There have been recent incidents that talk about the faulty solar modules and […]
June 18, 2013
India has awarded 500 MW of solar thermal plants during JNNSM Phase 1, as it gave both solar PV and solar thermal technology an equal boost. […]
June 17, 2013
Tamil Nadu has been at the forefront of green energy generation in India, with almost half of the country’s wind energy capacity. The state has also […]